Odin is 11 months today. We just finished transitioning him onto boxer formula 26. He's coat looks amazing and his shedding has gone done considerably if not stopped completely. He WAS farting a lot during the transition but that has stopped. I love it... I think it would be okay to switch... we did. We were on Nutro Puppy Lamb (Meal) & Rice... losers changed their formula and Odin was shedding badly along with LOOSE stools. He's MUCH better now though.
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Guidelines are guidelines and IMO breed select (large, puppy senior) are marketing ploys. You should base again IMO your selections on two things when choosing a food. The ingredients as well as the protein level given the age of the puppy. IMO I think corn has no real use in dog food for they get no nutritional values out of it and its harder for them to digest. I like to see the corn replaced with brown rice, oatmeal, sweet potato, potato, or barley. These are carbs that are easier for the dog to process.
So I dont buy into marketing, but rather on what is put into the foods. Top 5 ingredients are always what to look for since that is the majority of whats in your kibble!! RC used to add corn to their boxer 26 formula, but since then got smart and removed it due to corn being a big alergyn for the boxer. However if I had a dane and liked the ingred in boxer 26, I feed it to him too!!! ha ha ha. So good luck in your food switch
So I dont buy into marketing, but rather on what is put into the foods. Top 5 ingredients are always what to look for since that is the majority of whats in your kibble!! RC used to add corn to their boxer 26 formula, but since then got smart and removed it due to corn being a big alergyn for the boxer. However if I had a dane and liked the ingred in boxer 26, I feed it to him too!!! ha ha ha. So good luck in your food switch
I agree... we feed Odin the Boxer Formula because it is great food, easy to find and cheap... NOT because it is Boxer specific. If you look at the ones they sell for other larger dogs the kibble is ALSO the same shape. I was surprised at how big the kibble was actually... but I think that's great! Now of course their Chihuahua Formula has different kibble... lol...HannaBanana\";p=\"64320 said:Guidelines are guidelines and IMO breed select (large, puppy senior) are marketing ploys. You should base again IMO your selections on two things when choosing a food. The ingredients as well as the protein level given the age of the puppy. IMO I think corn has no real use in dog food for they get no nutritional values out of it and its harder for them to digest. I like to see the corn replaced with brown rice, oatmeal, sweet potato, potato, or barley. These are carbs that are easier for the dog to process.
So I dont buy into marketing, but rather on what is put into the foods. Top 5 ingredients are always what to look for since that is the majority of whats in your kibble!! RC used to add corn to their boxer 26 formula, but since then got smart and removed it due to corn being a big alergyn for the boxer. However if I had a dane and liked the ingred in boxer 26, I feed it to him too!!! ha ha ha. So good luck in your food switch
Anyway, we buy it because of location, price and most important... rating... of course if it didn't settle well with him we would stop giving it to him. We love it!
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